Postseason for Purdue men's basketball after all

Boilermakers draw Western Illinois in 16-team CBI

12:30 AM,
Mar. 18, 2013

Purdue coach Matt Painter gets his wish for more games.

Written by

Jeff Washburn

The up-and-down journey that has been the 2012-2013 Purdue basketball season will continue.

The Boilermakers, beaten Thursday night by Nebraska in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament, learned Sunday night that they will participate in the sixth College Basketball Invitational tournament (CBI) and will play Western Illinois at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Mackey Arena.

"We're happy for the chance to continue our season and excited that the Gazelle Group afforded us this opportunity," coach Matt Painter said, noting the tourney's organizing group, in a statement. "I'm confident this ...